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Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful…Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull…
Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful soldiers that the Devil either by his grand captains the emperors, or by his most dearly beloved sons and heirs the popes, have most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poisoned doctrines wherewith that great read dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his traitorous practises and designs, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memory, and our most religious Sovereign Lord King James. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and divers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull souldiers that the Diuell either by his grand captaines the emperours, or by his most deerly beloued sonnes and heyres the popes, haue most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poysoned doctrins wherewith that great redde dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his trayterous practises and designes, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memorie, and our most religious Soueraigne Lord King Iames. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and diuers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.
London: printed by George Eld and Ralph Blower, 1615
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Benedictus the 6. succeeded him, who was imprisoned by Cinthius a Captain of Rome, and there slain. Then came Pope Donus the 2. after whom, Bonifacius the 7. was Pope; he […] the citizens of Rome to conspire against him, took the treasure of Saint Peters Church, and st•le to Constantinople. The Romans set up John the 15. Pope; Boniface, by his treasure, procured a Garrison to take his part, and returned to Rome, he took Pope John, put out his eyes, threw him in prison, and famished him, but he, not long after, suddenly died. The Romans drew his carcass about the streets by the feet after his death, in despiteful manner, the people exclaiming against him.
Benedictus the 6. succéeded him, who was imprisoned by Cinthius a Captaine of Rome, and there slaine. Then came Pope Donus the 2. after whom, Bonifacius the 7. was Pope; he 〈…〉 the citizens of Rome to conspire against him, tooke the treasure of Saint Peters Church, and st•le to Constantinople. The Romaines set vp Iohn the 15. Pope; Boniface, by his treasure, procured a Garison to take his part, and returned to Rome, he tooke Pope Iohn, put out his eyes, threw him in prison, and famished him, but he, not long after, sodainly died. The Romaines drew his carkeasse about the streets by the feete after his death, in despitefull manner, the people exclaiming against him.
Pope Benedictus the 7. succeeded him by consent of the Emperor Otho, the second, and reigned 19. years. After him succeeded John the 16. after him, John the 17. after him, Gregory the 1. Crescentius, with the people of Rome, and the Clergy, convening against him, set up Pope John the 18. Wherefore the Emperor Otho the 3. sent an Army into Italy, got the city, and took Crescentius the Consul, and Pope John, he put out the eyes of Pope John, and then killed him: he set Crescentius upon a vile Horse, his nose and ears cut off, his face turned to the horse tail, and after his members were •nt off, and he hanged upon a gibbet. He assembled a Council at Rome, where he established the Empire in his own Country, and by the consent of Otho, ordained seven to be Electors; three Bishops, three Princes, to wit, Prince Palatine, the Duke of Saxony, the Marquess of Brandenburg, to whom was added the King of Bohemia to give the odd voice, if the even voices could not agree: this Constitution being begun, Anno 997. was after established in Germany by Otho, 1002. which order remaineth to this day.